Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Ask Linda #1840-Is relief from GUR mandatory?

Linda,
Our club is putting in some new greens. There are lots of ground under repair signs around that area.
Do you have to take relief?
Or if you like your lie may you play the ball as it lies??
Lulu from Palm Desert

Dear Lulu,

This is a question you will need to ask an official at your golf course. If the course does not want players to hit from the designated areas of ground under repair (GUR), it must inform players that relief is mandatory. If there is no notice from the course or your Committee that relief is mandatory, players may play the ball as it lies in the GUR.

Linda
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